M16 Vietnam Magazines

[vinpenny]

I want to know the differences between the King Arms mags and the Tokyo Marui mags, because im kinda strapped for cash so i was leaning toward the King Arm ones due to the fact that they are half the price of the marui ones. Also, i want the hicap mag. I just want some feed back of the vietnam type mags you guys have used.

Thanks,
Vince

[Bravo One-Six]

Used:
TM 120 Rnd Highcap
GP 170 Rnd Midcap
Star 20 Rnd Realcap

As far as I'm concerned, for authenticity sake, the Star mag is superior to all. The reasons are two fold. 1) They hold the right number of rounds. 2) They are larger than both the Marui and GP mags, and have dimentions almost identical to the real version. Proof? Check this out...




Marui/GP is the dark one / shortest one.
Star is the grey one / middle sized one.
Obviously the other one is a real 20 round mag.

Nice bonus of course is you get 10 in a box less than the price of two TM mags.

[vinpenny]

thanks, but id want a hicap one, but i must say for realism id choose star but metal appeals to me more and isnt the tm high cap supposed to be 190?

[Gryphon]

Do the STARs really hold an effective 20 rounds though? I had some of their G3 mags and they held EXACTLY 20 BBs which meant you'd get 16 shots out of them because the last four won't feed. The 30 round M16 mags are supposed to hold about 34 rounds to compensate for this, but do the 20s?

[thephenom]

Originally Posted by Gryphon

Do the STARs really hold an effective 20 rounds though? I had some of their G3 mags and they held EXACTLY 20 BBs which meant you'd get 16 shots out of them because the last four won't feed. The 30 round M16 mags are supposed to hold about 34 rounds to compensate for this, but do the 20s?

The 30 round mag doesn't hold 34 until u kinda "work in" the spring.

[attack-beaver]

well the G3's get up to 23-24 rds after they get "worked" in? and how long would you think it roughly take?

[vinpenny]

anyone use the king arm's version of this magazine?

[swatt13]

i use all king arm mags, i highly reccommend them, as will anybody else. they are a tm clone.

[thephenom]

Originally Posted by attack-beaver

well the G3's get up to 23-24 rds after they get "worked" in? and how long would you think it roughly take?

Don't have personal experience with it, but I read a lot of response for working in star mags.

[Bravo One-Six]

Originally Posted by Gryphon

Do the STARs really hold an effective 20 rounds though? I had some of their G3 mags and they held EXACTLY 20 BBs which meant you'd get 16 shots out of them because the last four won't feed. The 30 round M16 mags are supposed to hold about 34 rounds to compensate for this, but do the 20s?

It's ok. Because typically they'd only be loaded to 18 anyways to avoid jamming. This is true though. They hold 20 rounds and as such, tend to be missing 2-3 left in the tube.

[Death March]

I have the G&P ones and no prob.'s with it,but it's a 110rnd and it's kinda cheep I think around $34 bucks at A&A.I could be wrong you'll have to check.I'm more of a Hi-Cap guy my self,Cheers!Just checked the price $29.95 or so,cheers!

[The Saint]

Just thought I'd point out that Classic Army will soon have VN midcaps (110rd), for those who were burnt by G&P mags in the past (such as myself).

[Zeke]

I used the G&P Mids before I sold off my gun....hated them...never worked when you needed them to...

[-SWAT-]

i had STAR 30rd M16 Mags and i hated them... pain in the ass

i have 6 G&P VN mags for my SPR and i really like them

[vinpenny]

oh damn, getting so many responses from everyone... i cant choose between G&P and KA